Global Hemp NewsGlobal Hemp NewsNorth American Conventions Poise Hemp Industry to Capture Urgent Opportunity- October 5, 2004 Two well timed industry conferences over the next month will position producers, processors, marketers, and researchers for urgent opportunity emerging in industrial hemp.http://www.globalhemp.com/News/2004/October/north-american-conventions.php Western Australia hemp hopes go up in smoke- October 3, 2004 For eight years, businessman Kim Hough lobbied Western Australia (WA) governments for approval of an estimated $1 billion-a-year industry that would boost local farming. The only problem was, it was illegal. Then, on May 19, the Industrial Hemp Act of WA came into effect. It allowed the cultivation and processing of industrial hemp with less than 0.35 per cent tetrahydrocannabinol, the active ingredient of cannabis or marijuana.http://www.globalhemp.com/News/2004/October/western-australia-hemp.php |